Tag Archives: new business
Want to Make a Good Impression on your Prospects? Don’t be Afraid to Pay it Forward
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Graham Chapman Posted Apr. 25, 2011
Last Friday, I was rocking out in my truck on my way home from work, and I was going about ten to fifteen over – completely oblivious to the outside world. Obviously I was unaware that I was rapidly approaching a policeman hidden in the bushes, radar in hand, while I was doing my best [...]
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So, You’re a Sales Guy…So What? Shed the “Badger” Stigma and Bring Home the Bacon
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Graham Chapman Posted Mar. 23, 2011
As sales guys, we have a bad reputation. And, honestly, many of the complaints against our kind are well founded. The average salesperson very much resembles the used car salesman pictured above – cheesy, brash, pushy – so the “badger” stereotype is typically deserved. So what? Every job comes with its stigmas (IT pros are [...]
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Ditch the Pick Up Lines and Cold Call like a Champ
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Graham Chapman Posted Jan. 19, 2011
Ok guys, we’ve all done it. You see that gorgeous girl on the other side of the room and you start trying to devise a game plan to catch her attention. You’ve been watching – suitor after suitor buys her a drink and strikes out minutes later. In your mind you are thinking, “Man, I better come up with something good because I want to make a better impression than those guys.”












